Sock Doll Workshop: 30 Delightful Dolls to Create and Cherish [Hardcover]

Cindy Crandall-Frazier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1995

Using simple, easily-obtained and inexpensive materials, this book shows how appealing dolls can be made. Each of these 30 dolls and their clothing are made from socks, and instructions are given for making hair, stuffing the dolls, and embroidering and painting faces. The book also includes tips on shopping for suitable socks. The dolls are suitable as gifts and are child-safe.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937274941
• ISBN-13: 978-0937274941
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,717,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sock dolls are not just monkeys!, May 29, 2000

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"fionaraven" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sock Doll Workshop: 30 Delightful Dolls to Create and Cherish (Hardcover)

When I was a kid, I made sock dolls. They were simple and I didn't have to do too much sewing before I could start playing. This book took me back to those happy days and also gave me some new ideas. There are "character" dolls (including a ballerina, a family, and Santa Claus) that children would probably enjoy. There are also lots of cute baby and child dolls. Many of the socks used for the dolls pictured in the book are "unusual" socks (patterned or textured) and the dolls are designed to be made of "new" socks (unlike my childhood toys that I made of the odd socks who had lost their mates). The dolls in this book are quick and relatively easy to make - a good way to satisfy a child quickly with a "new toy". Also, older children who know how to sew could make many of these with a little help from an adult friend or family member.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a find!, May 29, 2006

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L. M. MACLEAN "If too many books were a crime..." (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sock Doll Workshop: 30 Delightful Dolls to Create and Cherish (Paperback)

This is a great book, full of different and delightful dolls, babies, women, men and animals. I can't stop looking at it! Get yourself a soft sculpture needle and be glad the dryer eats one of every pair of your socks.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cute dolls with great instructions, April 22, 2008

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Rising Expectations (Grand Forks, ND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sock Doll Workshop: 30 Delightful Dolls to Create and Cherish (Paperback)

I found this book incredibly well written. The instructions are very clear. All the stitches you need are explained in the book. The dolls start very simple and get a little more complicated but there's nothing a determined beginner or child couldn't master quickly. There are lots of patterns ranging from babies, santa claus, a teddy bear, a clown, and even a beautiful ballerina.